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Event

Title: Reactivity, Impulsivity and PTSD: Fiction, Fad or Fact?

When:Ongoing

Where: Online

CEUs

CPDT-KA:

1.5

CBCC-KA:

0

CPDT-KSA Knowledge:

1.5

CBCC-KSA Knowledge:

0

CPDT-KSA Skills:

0

CBCC-KSA Skills:

0

Description

We hear these terms used in the dog training world more and more frequently. It seems â€œreactivityâ€ has become a euphemism for aggression, any dog that is easily excited suffers from â€œimpulse controlâ€ problems, and fearful dogs that have experienced unpleasant events suffer from PTSD.
Are these actually newly identified conditions that dogs didnâ€™t suffer from 10 years ago or just new words applied to old problems? What do these labels really mean? Are there unwanted and undesired consequences of using these terms in a cavalier way, and if so, who is harmed and why?
Weâ€™ll be discussing these issues in our May BEN Pro member only session on Thursday, May 19th at 6pm Mountain Daylight time, with a Q&A follow-up the next week on May 26th.